Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Back in April 2010 myself, Brother Ashton, Chris Piaggi and John Pavlovich went on a mission.
In the late 50's Bill Grant built one of the country's first
drag cars. Powered by a V12 Allison aircraft engine, the car was aptly named
Monster. The Scroungers had brought Monster up from Wellington for the Blowout
and before returning it the plan was to reunite man and machine - maybe for the last time. Bill was 85 at the time and was in pretty poor health. We headed for Tauranga with
Monster in tow and knew what we were doing was pretty damn important. As it turns out it would be the last time Bill got to see his old car. We got word yesterday that Bill has passed away - it was an honour to meet the guy. R.I.P Bill Grant, a pioneer.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

No posts for a couple of weeks since I've been in California buggering about - much to report and many adventures to tell of but not sure where to start just now. Perhaps here - while walking around a junk yard in the desert I found an old photo album that must have been laying there for decades. Inside it was this picture - might be the best thing I've ever seen. Who is he, where does he come from? Who cuts his hair?

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